Hanoi Pho

First time eating here was great, the owners super nice and welcoming and the food was on point i recommend giving this place a try.

I don’t even like phở but I love this place. The 56v is incredible, way better than any of that yuppie stuff at Chau! Mike is also a very nice and gracious host!

Had the chicken phở, and it was amazing! Full of flavor and I always love lots of herbs.

I was doing some grocery shopping in Chinatown and was craving some phở for lunch so I Unilocaled what was near by and Hanoi Phở came up. The exterior can be deceiving as it looks to be a hole in the wall. But once I walked in, the place was really nice and clean. I ordered the special phở and an order of pork spring rolls. Oh… my…word…
The phở was absolutely amazing. Broth had a very deep flavour profile and it came with lots of meat. It was so delicious I basically licked my bowl clean. The phở only comes in one size and is a bit on the pricey side but it’s really worth it. The spring rolls had a perfect crisp to them and were not overly oily. The filling was abundant and tasted great. I’m definitely coming back when I’m in the area and craving some tasty noodles. Highly recommended.

I’ve been here 3 or 4 times. I’ve only had phở. Its excellent and is made the way all phở should be. Slightly sweet, fragrant, piping hot with basil and sprouts on the side. It also contains quite a bit of offal at various times such as tripe, tendon, blood and a few things I cant describe .
The noodles are always perfect and the broth never seems to vary.
The price is a little more than most places. $ 10.00 for a smaller than usual bowl but the ingredients are there. The place is right in the very thick of the DTES The place is packed with nurses and social workers most days. If you love the colour of the DTES and I do, its has the making of a great day. Combined vegetable shopping and a trip to Chinatown or homestead junction. There ya go, don’t say you don’t have anything to do the next time your bored!

I love love love this place. The owner is always so helpful and super friendly. He keeps the place nice and clean, and most importantly… I can get vegan phở! They also have an amazing hot and sour spicy noodle soup that is vegan, and their spring rolls… I cannot get enough of their spring rolls. I think I come here approximately 4 – 5 times a month. :D

This is the best vegan Phở!
I love eating here. So many good things on the menu. Also, their veggie spring rolls are excellent. They are not the same kind of spring rolls you’d get at so many restaurants. Michael, the owner, is so friendly and attentive. I go often. Whether it’s to dine in or take out, it’s always fast and delicious.

It’s in a terrible part of town and has no atmosphere inside, but worth coming to if you’re seeking out vegetarian/​vegan phở, which is all I’ve tried here. Rather high priced for phở ($ 9 for a bowl), but very filling and authentic. When you’ve got that salty Asian craving for phở and seeking out something vegetarian, this is a great choice.

My husband and I eat here or get takeout on a regular basis! The food is always fresh and delicious. We usually order the vermicelli bowls or the soups. The owner is very nice and usually remembers our order! I would definitely recommend this place to friends/​family.

Hanoi is my go to phở place in Van. I’ve been to a lot of them, and it’s extremely hard to ignore how good their broth is.
A worry everybody has when I give them directions to meet me here is that it’s on Hastings near Main. Do not be perturbed by this! Its always spotless, always friendly, and always so tasty.
Michael serves food quick, with a smile, and makes sure you have gum when you leave.
If you are wondering what to get, go either with the classic phở, spicy chicken soup (phở is only with beef), or the vegetable soup they’re famous for. Don’t forget to add spring rolls!
You may see me there! I’ll be back.

Excellent food, not so excellent neighbourhood.
That being said, the Phở I had was delicious.
Broth was hot and flavourful, and I had ordered well done beef, medium rare beef, and beef ball, and the portion was good sized.
Added a pork spring roll, and it made for a tasty, reasonably priced lunch.
A fairly extensive menu, so lots of choices.
Great service from what I assume was the owner.
Some of the best Phở I’ve had in Vancouver.
I’ll definitely be back!

I always pass this place on the bus so decided to stop today. I ordered the veggies phở without the tofu and it was freaking amazing.
Now I googled the menu first and thought for the area $ 8.50 was a little steep. Once I got my food and saw the effort they put into it I felt it was worth every cent. My bowl was loaded full of veggies. Literally like half a head of broccoli, cauliflower, snap pea, mushroom, carrots and crispy onion. I love how they topped it with cilantro and gave me tons of basil. The broth was not greasy at all; it was flavorful and clear.
The owner was sooooo sweet and kind and spoke good English. I saw how he was with everyone else too and he was extra hospitable. This is totally my new phở joint even if I have to get harassed by the locals to get to it. I can’t wait to be back!

I love this place. Best phở I’ve had in Vancouver so far. Since it’s close to work, I’ve been going a lot so I’ve ventured into trying random dishes besides my usual phở tam (regular phở with the thinly sliced beef). The tofu and veggie phở is great if you aren’t feeling like eating meat. Super flavorful! Today I tried the pork broth, chicken and rice noodles phở and really loved it. Spicy and different flavor then other phở I’ve had. Highly recommended! Fresh! Very friendly owner!

The food and service here were wonderful — the owner (I assume) was attentive and it was obvious that everything was freshly made. I got the Vietnamese special Bun (I think?) and wow, was it amazing. It had pork of two types on it and a friend spring roll and WOW, it was awesome. I’d eaten bun before but nothing as tasty as that.
The restaurant was clean and well cared for which was a stark contrast to the area around it. I went while it was still light out but if it was dark, there’s no way I would have ventured that way. Hastings on that end is basically an open air drug market and though I didn’t get hassled/​panhandled, it was definitely jarring to walk thru the doped out people littering the streets. Definitely not this shop owners fault and he certainly makes the best of it, but its worth noting.

I’ve eaten at Hanoi Phở twice, both times ordering the spicy vegetarian phở. The first time I was pleasantly surprised to find delicious phở that is vegetarian. After the second time, I had food poisoning. Suffice to say I have not gone back.
Chau Veggie Express has vegan phở that is absolutely delicious, inexpensive and doesn’t make you feel sick.

This is by far my favourite phở place in town, and I’m so glad I live a block away and it’s so close by. The location might turn people off, but the inside of the restaurant is super clean. I ordered the house special deluxe phở to go today, and since I frequent this place, the owner Michael knows I like my spicy food, so he always gets his wife who is the chef there to make my broth spicy.
There is an insane amount of meat, probably twice or more than other places, and the broth is to die for. After trying the phở here, there’s rarely other phở places I like. I asked Michael one day about how he makes his broth, and he told me that they simmer the bones in the broth for 10+ hours everyday to give it that flavour, and he doesn’t add any MSG. At other places I get extremely thirsty after my meal due to all the salt and MSG but here, nope, not a problem.
I can’t rave enough about how much I love this place. The food is fantastic, and Michael and his wife are the nicest people and always make you feel welcome. And they had their 3 week old grandson in the restaurant today and he was such a cutiepie.
Hands down the best phở in town and a hidden gem.

I always get the «Veggie Soup» aka Vegan Phở, sans tofu. It’s a delicious, healthy and flavourful bowl of yum!
The place is clean, friendly and always a delight.

Hate to be tough on just one visit, as love to support local restos especially in Chinatown but considering there’a much better one right on Main/​Pender, this one’s an easy pass.
Not only was the phở marginally better than the salad roll, the worst part was the ‘plastic smell’; at first i had thought it was the fish oil sauce, as that can be bad too, but even my friend thought it wasn’t right. so finally we traced it to perhaps the blue surgeon-​like gloves one of the workers was wearing! No exaggeration she kept those on the whole time, from the time taking down the order to getting the bill.
ice coffee was ok.
Does offer WIFI and free parking on front.
not a repeat visit for me.
Don’t think it gets much business in the area so kinda good if you want peace and quiet.

Either their BBH has prawns and beef brisket and regular phở noodles or they gave me the wrong order. But that’s okay. It was still über delicious! So really this is more like 3.5 stars.
I tried asking the lady if my mysterious bowl of noodles was in fact their version of BBH but I don’t think she understood me so I just went on eating. So whatever bowl of noodles I got it was delicious. The soup had a very shrimp paste-​ish taste and it worked quite well. They have a good selection of vegetarian phở which I like to see (I’m not a vegetarian but I’d like to know that I have that option).
Their location is situated by the sketchy part of town but if you find yourself in the Chinatown/​Strathcona area and don’t want to line up at Phnom Penh but still craving some phở, I’d recommend Hanoi Phở.
Anyway, one of these days I’ll find my way back to this restaurant and order a BBH again to see if I actually get a bowl of noodles resembling just that.

Despite the fact this amazing Vietnamese restaurant is located in an iffy area of town, it is otherwise impeccable in every way. The owner/​manager Michael (who is always there) clearly takes a lot of pride in his business. This comes through in his consistently polite service, the cleanliness of the entire shop, and the generously portioned and delicious dishes. I really love this place and after many visits, have never been let down.
The veggie phở is not oily or MSG-​laden like at other Vietnamese restaurants. This one comes packed to the brim with broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms and carrots — and the aroma of browned onions really comes through in the broth. The spicy version is worth trying out too, especially if you enjoy Thai flavors.
The springrolls are crisp and light. The salad rolls are perfect and the peanut sauce they come with is the best in the city.
I’d much rather walk through Chinatown and eat here than spend double the price to eat half the amount at a pretentious hipster bar in Gastown. It always feels nice to support such a hard-​working and kind owner too. He really deserves it!